Zubaida
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zoo-BAY-dah
- Origin
- Arabic
Zubaida is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “cream, the best part”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Zubaida mean?
Arabic: Arabic Zubayda, a diminutive of zubda 'cream, the best part'
“cream, the best part”
Zubaida bint Ja'far, wife of the caliph Harun al-Rashid, funded the Darb Zubayda pilgrim road to Mecca.
Is Zubaida a girl's or a boy's name?
Zubaida is a girls' name.
How popular is Zubaida in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zubaida in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Zubaida in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
Names like Zubaida
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Aaliyah, Safiya, Abeeha, Hafsa, Zahara, Summer, Hiba, Rahma, Habiba, Safaa
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Zubaida: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zubaida, updated 20 October 2026.